The Rev'd. Dr. John Littleton

The author proposes that baptism becomes the essential aspect amongst other criteria by which the ACA seeks full communion with the UCA.

The author suggests that the term 'lay', meaning not clergy, not ordained and not qualified, is no longer a suitable word to describe the discipleship and ministry of 99% of church members. Who wants to be an "is not?" The word 'disciple' is preferred. There is equality of discipleship in the church through baptism with a diversity of ministries of service, recognising co-responsibility and servant leadership by all; everyday disciples, parish or diocesan leader disciples, deacon disciples, priest disciples and bishop disciples; all the baptised.

Life in our society during and after the pandemic is a theme at the heart of this excellent book. Renewing the life of society towards the common good is the intention.

Michael Trainor's ground-breaking book merits a place in public libraries as well as libraries for theological colleges and parishes. His work speaks into the contemporary culture concern for Earth as well as inviting current disciples to hear the holistic Christo-centric message of the Acts of the Apostles.

This form of ministry in the workplace is a value added ministry for a parish mission action strategy; having a minister in secular employment available as part of a parish team ministry is another way of mobilising all of God's People in mission.

This paper was considered by the Anglican Ecumenical Network in the Diocese of Adelaide during 2018 and the Ecumenical Relations Commission of The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia during 2019.

Jesus Christ, Learning Teacher is the book the Christian Church had to have in the first quarter of the twenty-first century.

Australian Anglicans Worship is a worthy and essential resource for liturgy planners (clergy, local leaders and church members) in parishes, which use the 1995 A Prayer Book for Australia (APBA).

"God's church for God's world: walking, listening and witnessing together" is the theme set for the 2022 Lambeth Conference to be held in England during the northern hemisphere summer. The biblical focus for the Conference will be 1 Peter.

The findings hint at a link between individual learning and whole parish perceptions of faith learning, thus going some way towards upholding understandings made in the literature about the formative power of the congregation in relation to faith education.

Interactive workshop on Learning Communities of Faith, Discipleship and Mission with insights from recent research projects on Christian education in parishes.

The author undertakes a review of a learning community approach to parish learning in light of revisiting the 'worlds' of Paulo Freire and Ivan Illich near the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of their work.

The article makes the case for the importance, the recognition and the beneficial use of a core characteristics learning community model in the twenty-first century parish context. This learning community model is derived from Christian education, general education, reflection

Vicky Balabanski's book is brilliant; well-crafted and outstanding in scholarship: biblical studies and philosophy. The author shines a light on theological reflection processes used within the context of The Letter to the Colossians, and then spotlights twenty-first century ecological and ethical issues by reflecting theologically.

Three Christian education (CE) themes are discussed in this exploratory article; all making the point that for a learning community approach in the parish context process is as important as content. The 3 themes are: A learning community focus for CE in parishes; the early church as a learning community; and, a learning community approach enhances growth in faith.

This ambitious work does not disappoint. We are all human beings. But what might it mean to be fully human?

The Truth We Owe Each Other is an eye-opener. The author highlights a topic sometimes taken for granted in ecumenical forums of the worldwide Church, the 'body of Christ' (1-2,14,16)

Easily understood wording in plain English

ENHANCE LEARNING in Parishes: A Learning Community Approach for Church Congregations

Implications of learning processes for the concept of God.

In this thesis I argue that the learning community processes - of holism, collaboration and theological reflection - when intentionally practised in parishes, enhance learning outcomes in terms of the knowledge, understanding and practice of the Christian faith.

In this paper, the author contributes to the literature on Jesus as the Teacher by examining the Gospel portrayals of Jesus' teaching ministry through the window of a learning-community approach in parishes. Implications for the contemporary ministry of teaching and learning in the parish context are considered.

This is about Christian Education courses and ordination in the Anglican Church.

This practical handbook about Christian learning is written for clergy and lay leaders to use in congregations and parishes, to help build an effective educational ministry for the whole congregation.

This handbook is about Christian learning and leadership in church congregations from a learning community perspective and is written for clergy and local leaders to use in their congregation/parish.

This section outlines all the contents of the "Learning in a Congregation" pdf documents available for download via the links below

The Introduction includes these sections: A personal story in Christian learning, the search for accessibility in Christian Education, the distinctive features of a Learning Community, Investment in Christian Education, and a section on the future. Some references, questions and acknowledgements are also included.

This document has 5 chapters:
1. Christian Education Belongs to the Whole Church
2. Many Windows of Access to Christian Education
3. Moments of Learning From God
4. Approaches to Christian Education
5. Helping Christian Education Flourish in Congregations

The focus of this chapter is on the whole congregation as a learning community. Recent literature is mentioned. Four aspects of leadership are suggested. Significant outcomes from the learning community approach are outlined. This approach changes our understanding of Christian education.

This chapter is an introduction to the Christian practices approach to Christian Education, the resources available and the educational methods suggested. This approach indicates that more opportunities for Christian Education are readily available in parishes, if only we are aware and intentional.

The intention of this chapter is to explore the "learning" aspects of the Church, beginning with the past and focussing on the present, using the example of St Saviour's Anglican Church in the Parish of Glen Osmond in Adelaide.

The Learning Community approach requires leaders to be multi-skilled and multi-faceted in their educational ministry for the whole congregation. This chapter outlines some general competencies and some specific skills of ministry needed by leaders in a congregation that learns, and describes two practical exercises of review and overview for workshop use.

This article considers Christian Education in the mixed economy of the Mission-Shaped Church in the light of the learning community approach to Christian Education in Parishes. Growing new Christians is placed in the context of an educational ministry for the whole congregation where there is a sound theology of mission. In both ways, through a mixed economy approach and a learning community perspective, Christian formation and education are essential for new and longstanding friends of Jesus.

Questions for individual and group reflection / discussion

Emphasises the importance of context in Christian Formation and Education.